Destuntzia rubra

Destuntzia rubra
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Claustulaceae
Genus:	Destuntzia
Species:	D. rubra
Binomial name
Destuntzia rubra (Harkn.) Fogel & Trappe (1985)
Synonyms
Hymenogaster ruberHarkn. (1899)

Destuntzia rubra is a species of truffle-like fungus in the family Claustulaceae, ^[3] and the type species of the genus Destuntzia . The fungus was first described scientifically in 1899 by H. W. Harkness as Hymenogaster ruber. Robert Fogel and James Trappe transferred it to Destuntzia in 1985. ^[4]

The fruiting body is up to 4 centimetres (1+1⁄2 in) broad. It is white when young and stains reddish in age. ^[5] It grows in woods, often with Douglas-fir. ^[5]

References

1. Castellano, M. (2015). "Destuntzia rubra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T75102369A75721162. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T75102369A75721162.en . Retrieved 23 April 2025.
2. NatureServe. "Destuntzia rubra". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
3. Mujic A, Elliot T, Stephens R, Trappe J, Kristol R, Sublett D, Smith ME (2024). "Rare but widespread: A systematic revision of the truffle-forming genera Destuntzia and Kjeldsenia and formation of new genus, Hosakaea". Mycologia. 116 (1): 148–169. doi:10.1080/00275514.2023.2259786. PMID   38064355.
4. Fogel R, Trappe JM (1985). "Destuntzia a new genus in the Hymenogastraceae (Basidiomycotina)". Mycologia. 77 (5): 732–742. doi:10.2307/3793282. JSTOR   3793282.
5. Arora, David (1986) [1979]. Mushrooms Demystified: A Comprehensive Guide to the Fleshy Fungi (2nd ed.). Berkeley, California: Ten Speed Press. p. 750. ISBN   978-0-89815-170-1.

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Destuntzia rubra Mycological characteristics
	Glebal hymenium
	No distinct cap
	Hymenium attachment is irregular or not applicable
	Lacks a stipe
	Edibility is unknown

• Destuntzia rubra in Index Fungorum